Browsing the Guatemala Records on Family Search (Part 1)
So perhaps maybe you already tried searching through the indexed records on Family Search or on Ancestry. If you didn't find your ancestor, don't fear- He or She DOES exist, and you will probably find them. It will just take some time...
For Convenience. I have added the link to the collections on the side of my blog. The following screenshots will help you be familiar with the way Family Search runs their collections.
The image below is the main Search feature to find historical records. Once you type in an ancestor's information such as Name, date of Birth, and or place of birth, it shows you all the different matches. Sometimes it's overwhelming to see so many ancestors with the same name and place of birth, other times you don't get any matches. You can access all the indexed and non indexed images by browsing the collections. You can choose any country that you want to search. For our sake, let's choose Guatemala.
The two main collections of information we will need are the Guatemala Civil Registration and the Guatemala Catholic Church Records. Below you can also see that you can browse deaths, marriages, and birth collections separately. However, those records are included in the Civil and Catholic Church Records- so no need to go back and forth.
Official Civil Registration in Guatemala began in the 1870's so this may be the first option to go with when finding the most recently deceased ancestor. Although this collection states it's from 1877-2008, you won't really find anything after the 1940's.
For Convenience. I have added the link to the collections on the side of my blog. The following screenshots will help you be familiar with the way Family Search runs their collections.
The image below is the main Search feature to find historical records. Once you type in an ancestor's information such as Name, date of Birth, and or place of birth, it shows you all the different matches. Sometimes it's overwhelming to see so many ancestors with the same name and place of birth, other times you don't get any matches. You can access all the indexed and non indexed images by browsing the collections. You can choose any country that you want to search. For our sake, let's choose Guatemala.
The two main collections of information we will need are the Guatemala Civil Registration and the Guatemala Catholic Church Records. Below you can also see that you can browse deaths, marriages, and birth collections separately. However, those records are included in the Civil and Catholic Church Records- so no need to go back and forth.
Official Civil Registration in Guatemala began in the 1870's so this may be the first option to go with when finding the most recently deceased ancestor. Although this collection states it's from 1877-2008, you won't really find anything after the 1940's.
Catholicism was and still continues to be the main religion of Guatemala. The Catholic Church Records go way back and were among the first records kept. Any ancestor born before the 1870's will most likely be found here. Although it states the records go until 1977, you won't find much after the 1940's.
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